That aside, I cook more than have clothes, though I would agree most people are the other way around hence the closet could win. 

You work hard, you deserve it (sarcasm))You don’t buy new clothes, toys, electronics, gadgets.

The up and coming neighborhoods have the packed local coffee shop, a brewery recently opened, maybe the cool vintage clothes store, a cupcakery, etc, but rents are still cheap and typically therefore the properties are still fairly cheap.Whole Foods, at least pre Amazon when I worked in retail, and Starbucks look for high incomes, high college education, large percentage married type demographics and those are not the typical "up and coming" neighborhood. 

@Edgar Verdin Also look out for cloth wiring.

You just need to bring you personal items, clothes and groceries; everything else is there.

But if I wore a younger man's clothes these days, I think I would go that route. 

@Brian Lucier  What a great idea and very generous to give them up to $300 plus some shoes and clothing. 

Most basements in Ohio are going to get some level of dampness, that's why sump pumps have been pretty standard for the last 20+ years.  

We lived in a trailer and I wore clothes that had holes in them.

Takes maintenance out of my hands, and tenant doesn't have to share with other tenants and worry about leaving clothes in there all day.